Both Uses of
inquisition
in
Babbitt
- She's made up her mind that I'm a devil, and—Reg'lar Inquisition.†
Chpt 20 *
- By nine o'clock the assembly which was gathered about Ted and Eunice in the living-room included Mr. and Mrs. George Babbitt, Dr. and Mrs. Howard Littlefield, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Escott, Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Thompson, and Tinka Babbitt, who was the only pleased member of the inquisition.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(inquisition) common noun: questioning or investigation -- often implying harsh questioning
or:
proper noun: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (or their investigations) created to discover and suppress heresy